license: free
spyware: none that i can see or heard from
i dont have a scanner anymore unfortunately

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lol oops i was mistaken what westside was asking too ;P
i thought he was asking how to make ringtones but he already has put mp3s in his phone
when he asks "what is the best site for ring tones?" that is supposed to mean where to get songs clipped and ready to play in your compatible phone ! that i dont know westside ;O

What do you mean? I uploaded a couple of MP3s to it and used it as a ringtone, so I assume not.

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Whether or not the phone is tied for use with a specific carrier. Not really relevant to your question though.

I just load the sound file in my preferred audio editing application (Audacity), chop out the part you want, then loop it. You can further lower the bitrate after that depending on how much you care about saving space and such.

using windows...free program called audacity, use that and crop the part u want for a ringtone (or cut out the parts u dont want) then save as mp3. then transfer to phone.

it doesnt have to be specially optimized, if u want, u can play with equalizer settings (i dont use audacity, i use acid pro, but audacity is free)

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I'll give EQ a try. As you see in the youtube link, it's a little soft. I did crop the part I want, now I want to ampliphy it. So far the shit software I've used have damaged the mp3's quality by amplifying, is there a good one?

What do you mean? I uploaded a couple of MP3s to it and used it as a ringtone, so I assume not.

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Whether or not the phone is tied for use with a specific carrier. Not really relevant to your question though.

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Many cell phone services lock their phones with special firmwares to the point nothing but files downloaded from the *official* ringtone downloading services. One of these would be Telus' Nokia phones.
Of course, by unlocking a phone you are also able to change the phone's firmware as you please.

Many cell phone services lock their phones with special firmwares to the point nothing but files downloaded from the *official* ringtone downloading services. One of these would be Telus' Nokia phones.

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So... one provider in Canada?

If a phone company feels the need to stop you using your own ringtones, then it deserves no customers. OSHIT iPhone.